The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Our Newfound Fear of Risk We’re afraid of risk. It’s a normal part of life, but we’re increasingly unwilling to accept it at any level. So we turn to technology to protect us. The problem is that technological security measures aren’t free. They cost money, of course, but they cost other things as well. They …
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The permanence of social media such as tweets presents an important challenge for data protection and privacy. This is particularly true when social media is used to communicate during crises. Indeed, social media users tend to volunteer personal identifying information during disasters that they otherwise would not share, such as phone numbers and home addresses. …
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NRA joins spy lawsuit, says NSA creating gun registry Group joins lawsuit seeking end to spy agency’s collection of Americans’ phone records. Michael Winter USA TODAY, 4 September 2013 The National Rifle Association has joined a lawsuit against the federal government’s sweeping surveillance program, claiming the collection of phone records and other data violates First …
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When will Obama get serious about NSA reform? Kenneth Roth Politico, September 4, 2013 Last week, President Obama met with the five-member review board that he recently appointed to review the National Security Agency’s (NSA) controversial electronic surveillance program. The review board is part of the president’s effort to build confidence in the surveillance program and …
“How the World Really Works” Key takeaway from this item by Julian Assange, which came out in Australia August 24, 2013 (my emphasis): “Back in 2011 I had a meeting with Eric Schmidt, the then Chairman of Google, who came out to see me with three other people while I was under house arrest. You …
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This month, a strongly worded Washington Post op-ed by Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill calling for transparency in the business practices of the online data broker industry provoked a heated response. While the ACLU and other privacy advocates have long had their suspicions about how and why data brokers were tracking individuals, as the commissioner …
Next version of the web will have resistance to surveillance at its core by Mark Stockley NakedSecurity, August 24, 2013 Did you know that yesterday, 23 August 2013, was the World Wide Web’s birthday? It is 22 years and one day since the official Internaut Day – the day when Sir Tim Berners-Lee opened up the …
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